Officers investigating an assault in Portsmouth have charged a man.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police were called to a report that at around 9:30pm on Sunday 31 August, a man was being verbally abusive to a small group of men, women and children outside of the Jami Mosque on Victoria Road North.

It was reported that the man had then punched one man from the group, before pulling out a knife and behaving aggressively towards two of the men.

Nobody was seriously injured during the incident.

Officers will be carrying out patrols in the area. If anyone has any concerns, please speak to a uniformed officer.

Callum Mcinally, 29, of Waverley Road in Southsea, has been charged with the following:

• Racially / religiously aggravated common assault by beating
• Assault by beating
• Racially / religiously aggravated intentional harassment / alarm / distress
• Threaten a person with a blade / sharply pointed article in a public place

He has been remanded into custody to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court today (Tuesday 2 September).